Neutral Sans Workhorse
Hard Block + Cultivo
Lets Hard Block own the focal silhouette while handling secondary copy, sizing and subheads cleanly.
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Very heavy rounded blocks with tiny counters and diagonal slots in D and O
Hard Block
Hard Block is a very heavy rounded display in which the capitals sit almost solid, the counters shrink to small pills and the D and O carry a long diagonal slot instead of an open bowl, so two stacked words read as one compact block.
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Cutting, print & workflow scorecard.
Sturdy stroke walls and open counters weed cleanly on adhesive vinyl, HTV apparel film, and cut cardstock.
Plotter & output verdictEasy-Weed Vinyl & Print Ready
Recommended minimum scale0.75 in+ cap height
Character set & structureUppercase, Lowercase & Numerals
OpenType & PUA accessStandard Latin, Figures & Punctuation
Best surfaces & mediaWedding Suites · Foil Envelopes · Boutique Logos
Compatible design toolsIllustrator · Affinity · Canva Pro · Cricut & Silhouette
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Hard Block.
The O cuts a diagonal slot through a rounded mass, the D repeats that slot, the R and B keep small pill-shaped openings and every corner rounds off so the letter faces press against their neighbours. The slot is the character: it lets a heavy letter stay readable without an open counter, which is why the sample stacks two rows tight on a dark ground. Because the spacing is tight, a title needs deliberate tracking from 34 pt and clear air between rows so the block does not merge into one shape. The blue badge in the corner is artwork; the white rounded letters are the face.
Heavy block · Slotted · Compact
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Hard Block with grounded secondary typography.
Structured Secondary Voice
Hard Block + Svara
Grounds bold display lettering with classic typographic authority on posters, badges and apparel.
Inspect Svara specimenPractical applications
Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Hard Block’s stroke geometry.
Sign for a gym entrance
The solid blocks read across a lobby, and the slotted letters stay legible at 80 mm on a printed panel painted in one flat ink.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 700 by 300 mm panel: set the word at 80 mm, keep 8 mm of tracking so the slots stay separate, and keep 30 mm of border so the rounded corners are not trimmed.
Pre-production check
Solid letters printed without extra tracking merge into a single shape; check the panel at final size and add tracking rather than reducing weight.
Cover mark for a horror zine
The compact mass suits a zine cover, and the diagonal slots keep a two-word title readable at 60 pt against a dark ground.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A5 cover: set the title at 60 pt on two tight rows, keep 14 mm between the rows so the block reads as two lines, and set the issue number in a 7 pt mono in the corner.
Pre-production check
Two tight rows set flush read as one solid bar; check the cover proof and open the gap between them by 4 mm before the final plate.
Sticker sheet for a sports club
The heavy blocks cut without small parts, and the slotted forms stay whole at 30 mm on a shaped die laid over a pale ground.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A4 sticker sheet: set the word at 30 mm, keep the slots at 3 mm so they stay open under laminate, and leave 6 mm between motifs for the die cuts.
Pre-production check
Slots under 2 mm close in a laminated sticker; check the print and keep the slot at 3 mm or wider.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Display · Very heavy rounded blocks with tiny counters and diagonal slots in D and O
- Foundry / creator
- RagamKata Studio
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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